The ‘ACI National Concrete Fest-2023’ ended on Saturday organized by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Student Chapter-CUET. On the concluding day of the festival held at the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) student-teacher center, the competition and prize distribution ceremony titled ‘National Game of Truss’ was held on Saturday.
6 teams were awarded on this day. CUET’s team South-102 became the champion in the festival.
Apart from this, the teams selected for the award are CUET’s ‘111’, Ahsanullah Science and Technology University’s ‘Brick Heads’, CUET’s ‘Octavius’, Eastwest University’s ‘Spectra’.
On the other hand, Tanveer Ahmed, a student of CUET, and Iftekharul Islam of Rajshahi University came first and second respectively in the structure photography competition held with the participation of students from different universities of the country and abroad.
The two-day festival featured a special panel discussion on how innovative concrete is placed without compaction on Friday.
In the seminar held in the conference room of Civil Engineering Department, the keynote paper was presented by ACI CUET Faculty Advisor and Professor of Civil Engineering Department of CUET G.M. Sadiqul Islam.
The first, second and third place in the two-day concrete idea online competition held earlier were CUET’s team Groot, Eastwest University’s team Inquisitive and CUET’s Mockingbird respectively.
Apart from the competition, the offline event included networking hubs, exhibitions and workshops for students.
Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering was present at the prize distribution in the Central Auditorium of the university on Saturday afternoon. Mainul Islam, University Student Welfare Director Rezaul Karim, Feni Public Health Directorate Executive Engineer Anupam Dey, Public Works Directorate Chattogram Executive Engineer Zahir Uddin Ahmed, Diamond Cement Director Hakim Ali and others.